Inconsistent squaring behavior

[JohnSmith11132]

BPO	42428
Nosy	@mdickinson, @tiran

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labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-bug', 'invalid', '3.10']
title = 'Inconsistent squaring behavior'
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[JohnSmith11132]

Basically when squaring as a negative number, if it's a variable it acts like -3*-3 otherwise it acts like 3*-3.
For example:
>>> x = -3
>>> x ** 2
9
>>> -3 ** 2
-9

pow(-3, 2) seems to act like -3 * -3?
** 3 seems fine and both seems to act like -3*-3*-3.
>>> x = -3
>>> x ** 3
27
>>> -3 ** 3
-27

Will it be safe to use the ** 2 in Python? If I use a variable will it return the same value?

I only found this for the bug:
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/inconsistent-squaring-behavior/820028/

It looks like the exact same issue I'm having, but I still don't get it and it's not for Python.

[mdickinson]

-3 ** 2 is parsed by Python as -(3 **2), not as (-3) ** 2.

[tiran]

Operator precedence and unary operator binding is explained in the language reference documentation, https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#the-power-operator